Rabbi Daniel Cotzin Burg

How to combat the paralysis of ‘compassion fatigue’? By taking a step toward one another and striving for empathy. I’m not sure who coined the phrase “compassion fatigue,” but anyone in America who cares about justice must be feeling it these days. There...

In a world where problems seem insurmountable, we need to return to basics. Each December, the Oxford English Dictionary chooses a “Word of the Year” — or sometimes two, one for the United States and one for the United Kingdom — as the year’s philological cultural...

Is there a way that we can champion inclusiveness over triumphalism in sectarian circles? Pulpit rabbis often play community roles. In my own beyond-the-walls-of-my-shul rabbinate, I frequently get invited to various interfaith or political gatherings at which a...

A just society needs to be committed to both ideals to forge a better world. When the Torah lays out a prescription for a just society, its starting point is an affirmation of human equality — each of us is created in the “image of God” (Gen. 1:27) and is...

The success of ‘Black Panther’ is a testament to the Jewish fascination with superheroes and the fight against injustice. As Michael Chabon details in his Pulitzer Prize-winning novel “The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay,” the comic book art form (and...

The SNF Parkway Theatre in Baltimore hosts a special screening of new Brooklyn, N.Y., documentary “93Queen.” “93Queen” is set in the Hasidic enclave of Borough Park, Brooklyn, where EMS corps have long been the province[...]

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